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Corinthians

Anderson started playing professional football for Corinthians, one of São Paulo's major
football clubs. He played at the team for five consecutive seasons,
moving to Portugal in the middle of his 6th season. At Corinthians,
Anderson conquered the First FIFA World Club Championship (2000) a
Brazilian Championship title (in 2005), the Brazilian Cup (in
2002), the São Paulo State Championship (in 2001 and 2003) and the
Rio-São Paulo Tournament (in 2002).

SL
Benfica

Anderson was brought to SL Benfica at the beginning of the
2005/2006 season. He played the whole 90 minutes for SL
Benfica in the team's first Portuguese Superliga
match of the season, against Académica in Coimbra, on August 20, 2005. He quickly gained
his place in the team's starting eleven, with Ronald Koeman (at
the time managing the Portuguese side) playing him in the center of
the defense, alongside Brazilian team mate Luisão. So far, Anderson has won only one
tournament for Benfica: the Portuguese Supercup (in
2005/2006).

The Brazilian player has stated more than once that he would
like to leave Benfica because the team's manager, Fernando
Santos, does not play him where he likes the most: the
left-center side of the defense (Luisão's position). Anderson says,
"if I had played in my position, I would surely had
demonstrated everything I did at Corinthians and that eventually
got me in the Brazilian National Team". This is subject to
debate and is subjective. He also said: "It's a situation that
I respect because Luisão represents a lot to Benfica and to its
supporters, but it's complicated for me because, if I have to play,
I have to do it on the other side. Even if I am on the top of my
form, I will never achieve the level I can when playing in my
natural position"[1]. Struggling with
his son's illness[2], Anderson has
expressed his will to return to Brazil and has been suspended by
Benfica for missing an international pre-season match in Romania[3]. The central
defender is reportedly negotiating a move to Cruzeiro[4]. [5] Benfica was
asking for 3 million euros for the transfer, but Cruzeiro's
president refused to pay that much, saying that Anderson, despite
being a good player, "is not a star. For example, he's not even in
the Brazil National Team".

He never really took off at Benfica, where competition was high,
with Brazilian international Luizao relegating Anderson to
occasional appearances only.

His agent linked with Turkish Champion Fenerbahçe about transfer deals on August
18 [6].

Lyon

Despite his alleged need to return to Brazil due to his son's
illness,[7] Anderson ended
up moving to the French side Lyon in a 3 million
euro deal.[8]